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Starfighter F-104
The NASA Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Florida is the operational home of Starfighters, Inc.'s fleet of Lockheed F-104 Starfighters. The F-104 is a supersonic, mid to high alititude, fighter aircraft capable of sustained high positive acceleration loads (Gz) and rapid climbs from sea level to altitudes in excess of 40,000ft. Under a cooperative Space Act Agreement the company has flown a varied array of test missions ranging from NASA sponsored Pathfinder Trajectories for Orbital and Sub-Orbital Flight Environmental Impact Studies, Autonomous Flight Safety Systems with INS and GPS Termination Measuring payloads & Station High Sensitivity Ocean Research Experiments using Multi-Spectral Filter Array Imagers. |
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F-104G STARFIGHTER |
F-104D STARFIGHTER |
| Owner/Operator: |
Starfighters Inc. |
Starfighters Inc. |
| Type: |
Conventional Aircraft |
Conventional Aircraft |
| Duration: |
1.8 Hours |
1.5 Hours |
| Useful Payload: |
4,000 lbs |
2,500 lbs |
| Gross Take-off Weight: |
20,800 lbs |
19,350 lbs |
| Onboard Operators: |
1 pilot |
2 (Pilot & Flight Test Engineer) |
| Max Altitude: |
45,000ft (65,000ft+ with Pressure Suit Modification). |
45,000ft (65,000ft+ with Pressure Suit Modification) |
| Air Speed: |
1458 knots |
1328 knots |
| Range: |
700 Nmi |
700 Nmi |
| Power: |
115 / 200 Volt, 3-Phase Variable Frequency (320 to 520 Hz) |
115 / 200 Volt, 3-Phase Variable Frequency (320 to 520 Hz) |
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